I did a MCU marathon with my 65 year old mother. Here is what she thought about every movie we watched
I had ACL surgery and my mom came over for few weeks to keep an eye on me. We did MCU movie Infinity Saga marathon. She didnt know almost anything about these movies. She rated them on 1 to 10 scale. We had a blast. Here is her ratings and what she thought about it.
Iron Man - 7/10 Really liked it. Loved Obadiah's character.
The Incredible Hulk - 6/10 Liked it. Thought action was intense and engaging. Did not really like Bruce but loved Hulk.
Iron Man 2 - 5/10 It was fine. Thought movie was put together in last minute. Really loved suitcase suitup scene and Tony inventing new element scenes. Liked Coulson. Hated hammer. Said "4/10 movie put giving it 5 because of suitcase scene"
Thor - 4/10. Didnt really like it. Didnt not like Loki. Called him ungrateful brat throwing a tantrum. Thought Thor was a brat too. But said Thor has a potential. Liked Jane foster.
Captain America: The First Avenger - 9/10. Really loved it. Liked Steve and Bucky. Did not care for Peggy but otherwise liked everything about the movie.
The Avengers - 9/10. Really loved it. Liked Bruce Banner more than Hulk in this movie. Liked Loki on this one (confused?) Really liked Thor seems more mature on this. Did not like Nick Fury. Said nick fury did nothing but clever talk. Otherwise liked everything about it. Called Pepper dumbass because she wasnt answering her phone.
Iron Man 3 - 7/10. Liked it. Said Mandarin is quite stupid for supposedly genius. Really likes action scenes. Said Maya is the most pointless character so far.
Thor: The Dark World - 8/10. Loved it. Liked Loki even more. But acted like she is going to scold him for being "unkind" to his mother. Otherwise loved everything. Even liked the night elves.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 9/10. Loved it. Said action scenes was amazing. really liked return of bucky. Did not really care for Pierce but apperantly Bucky made up for it. Really liked Falcon.
Guardians of the Galaxy - 7/10. Liked it. Loved Groot and Rocket. Did not care for the villian. Really liked Yondu.
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 9/10. Loved it. Loved ultron. She recognized Spader's voice from blacklist. Liked everything about the movie except Wanda, She did not like Wanda. Said she should decide if she is adult or a child. Hero or civilian.
Ant-Man - 6/10. Liked it. Didnt care for the villian and Hope. Said Hope is nosy know-it-all. Liked scott and the gang.
Captain America: Civil War - 9.5/10. Said it was one of the best. Really liked Zemo. Loved action scenes and the plot. Only "nitpick" she had was she hoped Steve would leave the shield himself. Not after Tony said it. Said it would have signified his "choice" more. And really did not appreciate Cap defending Wanda when she is "clearly walking danger". We used to watch Tobey's triology when i was a kid. She liked return of spiderman. Was bhit confused about aunt may looking young tho.
Doctor Strange - 7/10. Liked it. Said final battle was anti climatic. but otherwise liked it. Her most favourite character is Doctor Strange now.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - 4/10. Did not like it. Called it "Emotions and retro music the movie"
Spider-Man: Homecoming - 7/10. Liked it. Did not care for MJ or other characters. 6/10 because Vulture is cool and makes scenes. Liked Peter. and said 7/10 because Ironman was in it.
Thor: Ragnarok - 3/10. Did not like it. Said everything was overly colorful and adult (said it was gross). Didnt like Hulk. Even said Loki didnt redeem it. Liked Hela very much and loved Odin's final moments. She geniunely disliked Korg.
Black Panther - 5/10. It was fine. Did not like Killmonger. Did not like Shuri. But really liked T'Challa. Everytime shuri was on screen she would say "its bring your sister to workday!". Really really liked M'Baku.
Avengers: Infinity War - 9/10. Loved it. Liked Thanos. Liked her favourite characters was in the movie. Did not like Steve's beard. Did not like how much weaker Vision seem compared to before. Still hated Wanda. Loved Thor in this movie.
Ant-Man and the Wasp - 1/10. She did not appreciate anything happening in this movie. Had to tell them another avengers movie coming and we have to watch this one.
Captain Marvel - 3/10. Did not like it. Said nothing in this movie is memorable. Liked the helmet and hair very much. Thats about it.
Avengers: Endgame - 9.5/10. Loved the movie. Did not like Fat Thor but thought he was funny and shaped like my uncle. Really liked thor wielding both axe and the hammer. Again still did not like Wanda. Loved everything else.
Iron Man - 7/10 Really liked it. Loved Obadiah's character.
The Incredible Hulk - 6/10 Liked it. Thought action was intense and engaging. Did not really like Bruce but loved Hulk.
Iron Man 2 - 5/10 It was fine. Thought movie was put together in last minute. Really loved suitcase suitup scene and Tony inventing new element scenes. Liked Coulson. Hated hammer. Said "4/10 movie put giving it 5 because of suitcase scene"
Thor - 4/10. Didnt really like it. Didnt not like Loki. Called him ungrateful brat throwing a tantrum. Thought Thor was a brat too. But said Thor has a potential. Liked Jane foster.
Captain America: The First Avenger - 9/10. Really loved it. Liked Steve and Bucky. Did not care for Peggy but otherwise liked everything about the movie.
The Avengers - 9/10. Really loved it. Liked Bruce Banner more than Hulk in this movie. Liked Loki on this one (confused?) Really liked Thor seems more mature on this. Did not like Nick Fury. Said nick fury did nothing but clever talk. Otherwise liked everything about it. Called Pepper dumbass because she wasnt answering her phone.
Iron Man 3 - 7/10. Liked it. Said Mandarin is quite stupid for supposedly genius. Really likes action scenes. Said Maya is the most pointless character so far.
Thor: The Dark World - 8/10. Loved it. Liked Loki even more. But acted like she is going to scold him for being "unkind" to his mother. Otherwise loved everything. Even liked the night elves.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 9/10. Loved it. Said action scenes was amazing. really liked return of bucky. Did not really care for Pierce but apperantly Bucky made up for it. Really liked Falcon.
Guardians of the Galaxy - 7/10. Liked it. Loved Groot and Rocket. Did not care for the villian. Really liked Yondu.
Avengers: Age of Ultron - 9/10. Loved it. Loved ultron. She recognized Spader's voice from blacklist. Liked everything about the movie except Wanda, She did not like Wanda. Said she should decide if she is adult or a child. Hero or civilian.
Ant-Man - 6/10. Liked it. Didnt care for the villian and Hope. Said Hope is nosy know-it-all. Liked scott and the gang.
Captain America: Civil War - 9.5/10. Said it was one of the best. Really liked Zemo. Loved action scenes and the plot. Only "nitpick" she had was she hoped Steve would leave the shield himself. Not after Tony said it. Said it would have signified his "choice" more. And really did not appreciate Cap defending Wanda when she is "clearly walking danger". We used to watch Tobey's triology when i was a kid. She liked return of spiderman. Was bhit confused about aunt may looking young tho.
Doctor Strange - 7/10. Liked it. Said final battle was anti climatic. but otherwise liked it. Her most favourite character is Doctor Strange now.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - 4/10. Did not like it. Called it "Emotions and retro music the movie"
Spider-Man: Homecoming - 7/10. Liked it. Did not care for MJ or other characters. 6/10 because Vulture is cool and makes scenes. Liked Peter. and said 7/10 because Ironman was in it.
Thor: Ragnarok - 3/10. Did not like it. Said everything was overly colorful and adult (said it was gross). Didnt like Hulk. Even said Loki didnt redeem it. Liked Hela very much and loved Odin's final moments. She geniunely disliked Korg.
Black Panther - 5/10. It was fine. Did not like Killmonger. Did not like Shuri. But really liked T'Challa. Everytime shuri was on screen she would say "its bring your sister to workday!". Really really liked M'Baku.
Avengers: Infinity War - 9/10. Loved it. Liked Thanos. Liked her favourite characters was in the movie. Did not like Steve's beard. Did not like how much weaker Vision seem compared to before. Still hated Wanda. Loved Thor in this movie.
Ant-Man and the Wasp - 1/10. She did not appreciate anything happening in this movie. Had to tell them another avengers movie coming and we have to watch this one.
Captain Marvel - 3/10. Did not like it. Said nothing in this movie is memorable. Liked the helmet and hair very much. Thats about it.
Avengers: Endgame - 9.5/10. Loved the movie. Did not like Fat Thor but thought he was funny and shaped like my uncle. Really liked thor wielding both axe and the hammer. Again still did not like Wanda. Loved everything else.
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When she did undo it and break the hex she gave up her own perfect life with vision and their kids to a life where everyone she ever cared about is gone or never existed in the first place.
Pietro, Vision, now her kids and her husband again?
She chose to free them when she didnt have to, no one but maybe strange would be left to stop her.
Morgan Le Fey, The Wicked Witch of the West, Maleficent, Glinda the Good Witch, The Evil Queen. And the tiktok type witch Jennifer Kale. Billy Maximoff who is like his mother but not mentally unstable. Real accuracy would be the women who were town healers that used home remedies and were drowned during the Witch Trials because they were single they used different medicine and didn't practice Christianity the way people liked.
Even watched Fantasic 4 in theaters. i just got lazy and stopped at endgame. 😀
I may have missed it, but did your mother like any female character? She seemed to hate them universally.
Edit: not grandma, haha
Jane is clearly good, and Hela is clearly bad. Pretty sure it stems from momma growing up during the Hays Code which required heroes and villains to be clearly defined, with no room for ambiguity or personal interpretation as to who we should root for, and what the moral of the story is.
Makes sense for someone who is used to that kind of comfort to feel uneasy with a character like Wanda or pre-crashout Loki, who are not so clear-cut and exist outside of those narrative codes.
He steals every scene in Ragnarok though, every line is golden.
Piss off ghost!
Her favourites have been the Cap movies for sure.. she also really likes TFA, but we both LOVE Peggy. She also likes Doctor Strange as one of her top movie picks, but *hated* MoM. I could feel her seething next to me in the cinema 😂 It wasn’t Raimi, it was just how rushed it all felt and while we knew what the Darkhold was from AoS, the sort-of-up-for-debate heel turn of Wanda was eh.
We both love the Guardians movies, especially vol 1. Rocket and Groot are two of our faves.
Curious to know what your mum thinks of Thunderbolts* and F4! My mum loved Thunderbolts* but did not like F4 at all because of how rushed it was and the use of too many montages.
And I'm an 80's kid!!
I went to high school with Marissa. We had a lot of classes together although it’s very doubtful she would recall who I was. It was jarring (and exciting) to see her cast as Aunt May since that sealed I might be more Uncle Ben (so definitely more Peter).
Side note: Met a woman in my 30s who instantly recognized me from elementary school. Wouldn’t stop staring at me then explained she always had a crush on me. (That was nice). Sadly never got a chance to talk to her beyond that.
(Old man steps off his soap box now…)
Well said. And I too, always wanted to be Spider-man. Of all the hero’s, he was definitely the most relatable to me.
Maybe it's a hold over from a darker era for women?
As a minority, I am guilty of holding others like me to a different standard, both harsher and more lenient depending on the thing. It's weird and unfair but most certainly a thing. I suck.
However, that attitude also led to the conclusion that any woman who does not conform to that duty, who does not serve and make life better for the men in her life, who has aspirations of her own, was a tramp. A shameful woman who was silly, immature, and irresponsible. Not like a *respectable* wife.
so she liked him?
I think she has has some interesting points.
That take is so hot it could fry an egg.
Not surprising that she doesn't like Taika's comedic Thor.
Perhaps alot of people see the potential of being in that situation should they find themselves in similar predicament. We want to see people do good and believe they would but truth is when you’re clouded by pain, in Wanda’s case, Grief, you can be a good person and still not see clearly
Actually, scratch that, my favorite part of the second. Andy Serkis is my favorite part of the first. They should have kept him around, he was a terrific recurring secondary antagonist.
Guardians 2 is one of my favorites for example, I just love Emotions and retro music lol. Tho I'm biased because the Gunn movies are all in my top 10 lol.
LMAO I totally forgotten this character even existed, so your mom had a point there.
I don't begrudge her for not being fond of GotG2.
While GotG2 is a fun movie if you watch it as a standalone, if you're binging the Infinity Saga in one go, then GotG2 really doesn't feel that relevant when you're already this invested by this point of the saga and want to know what happens next regarding the Infinity Stones, which GotG2 does nothing to address. (Chronologically, GotG2 takes place before Age of Ultron, which makes it even less relevant if you're watching it right after Civil War)
Ditto Ant-Man 2 and Captain Marvel outside of their post-credit scenes.
And can understand how she got taken aback by the thematic whiplash of Thor Ragnarok compared to Thor 1 and Thor Dark World.
Quick. Someone cue some retro music, I am being emotional!😭
Using a 5 for an average score, and not a 7 as so many others do?! Sir/Ma'am you have a quality mother on your hands.
This woman has excellent perspectives. 10/10 to both of you